ULRICH BECK’S RISK SOCIETY AND THE SELECTED PANDEMIC LITERATURE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Tayyaba Nazmeen Department of Linguistics the University of Haripur, Haripur Pakistan
  • Afshan Shahzadi Department of English Abbottabad University of Science and Technology Havelian, Abbottabad 
  • Ayesha Malik Department of Linguistics the University of Haripur, Haripur Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v5i02.1346

Abstract

The present study deals with Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society in relation to the selected pandemic literature. It aims at exploring the dangers of modern world exhibited in post-apocalyptic fiction in English. The study employed Beck’s notion of risk society which demonstrates scientific and technological advancement resulting in terrors in today world. The study is qualitative one and analyzed through content analysis technique. It concluded that there are some terrible consequences often neglected during the blind run after progress and advancement and they happen later on as uncontrollable phenomenon.

Keywords: Pandemic, Risk Society, Literature, Modern World.

Author Biographies

  • Tayyaba Nazmeen, Department of Linguistics the University of Haripur, Haripur Pakistan

    M.Phil Scholar

  • Afshan Shahzadi, Department of English Abbottabad University of Science and Technology Havelian, Abbottabad 

    Lecturer

  • Ayesha Malik, Department of Linguistics the University of Haripur, Haripur Pakistan

    M.Phil Scholar

     

Additional Files

Published

2023-05-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 02 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“ULRICH BECK’S RISK SOCIETY AND THE SELECTED PANDEMIC LITERATURE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 5, no. 02, pp. 1247–1251, May 2023, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v5i02.1346.